A List of Monarchs

Harold Godwinsson defeats William the Conqueror

Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-???)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]



[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.
[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.
[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.
[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.
[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.
[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.
[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.
[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.
[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.
[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.
[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.
[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.
[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.
[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.
[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.
[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. Henry II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successful suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.
 
Harold Godwinsson defeats William the Conqueror

Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-???)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]



[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.
[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.
[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.
[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.
[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.
[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.
[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.
[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.
[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.
[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.
[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.
[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.
[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.
[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.
[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.
[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.
[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.
 
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Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-1554)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France, Kings of Navarre (1554-1558)

(1554-1558) Mary I 'Bloody Mary' (House of Lancaster) [19]


[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.
[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.
[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.
[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.
[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.
[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.
[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.
[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.
[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.
[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.
[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.
[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.
[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.
[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.
[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.
[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.
[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.
[19] The eldest daughter of Richard III, Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary", because of her fervent Catholicism and her aggressive, ruthless behavior. Mary restored Britain and France to the Catholic Church. Also, because she was the child of Katherine, Queen Regnant of Navarre, she ascended to the throne of that state in 1553, a year before her father died. Mary had tens of thousands of opponents and religious dissidents executed. She raised taxes, limited the poor law system, and used corrupted justice to brutalize her subjects. Eventually, she was overthrown and murdered on November 17, 1558. However, France broke away, anointing a French noblemen as its King. Thus British rule over France ended.
 
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Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-1554)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France, Kings of Navarre (1554-1558)

(1554-1558) Mary I 'Bloody Mary' (House of Lancaster) [19]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of Navarre (1558-???)

(1558-1605) Elizabeth I 'the Great' (House of Lancaster) [20]


[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.
[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.
[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.
[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.
[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.
[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.
[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.
[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.
[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.
[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.
[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.
[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.
[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.
[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.
[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.
[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.
[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.
[19] The eldest daughter of Richard III, Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary", because of her fervent Catholicism and her aggressive, ruthless behavior. Mary restored Britain and France to the Catholic Church. Also, because she was the child of Katherine, Queen Regnant of Navarre, she ascended to the throne of that state in 1553, a year before her father died. Mary had tens of thousands of opponents and religious dissidents executed. She raised taxes, limited the poor law system, and used corrupted justice to brutalize her subjects. Eventually, she was overthrown and murdered on November 17, 1558. However, France broke away, anointing a French noblemen as its King. Thus British rule over France ended.
[20] Elizabeth I ascended to the British and Navarian thrones on November 17, 1558, at the age of 23, after deposing and killing her older half-sister, the unpopular Mary I. Unlike Mary, Elizabeth became a popular, respected, and relatively tolerant monarch. She reversed Mary's actions, once again asserting control over the British Church and splitting with the Pope. Elizabeth I confiscated the religious houses and monasteries, whom her father had allowed to remain in existence. She heavily encouraged the arts and sciences, patrons of such greats as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabeth reformed the poor law system, enacting extensive modifications, while also reorganizing the justice system, limiting torture, repealing the Edict of Expulsion of Henry III, and banning most forms of corporal punishment. She also reformed the currency, debasing coinage. In foreign affairs, Elizabeth attempted to regain control over France, but was unsuccessful, although she gained Calais and parts of Normandy as outposts. She was more successful elsewhere. Elizabeth fought a war with Spain in the 1570s, gaining Gibraltar and Minorca as the first major British colonial possessions, also driving them out of Portugal. Elizabeth established alliances with Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the Netherlands. She sponsored expeditions to the New World, which established footholds in Jamaica, Virginia, and New England. Elizabeth also initiated a heavy reform of the laws, establishing a new legal code and codification, which was also applied to Navarre. Her 46-year reign became known as a Elizabethan Golden Age. Elizabeth, however, died without children, although naming her closest surviving relative, James, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her heir. Elizabeth I the Great died on March 24, 1605 at the age of 69, bringing an end to the House of Lancaster. She was the longest-reigning British monarch since Edward II the Great.
 
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Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-1554)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France, Kings of Navarre (1554-1558)

(1554-1558) Mary I 'Bloody Mary' (House of Lancaster) [19]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of Navarre (1558-???)

(1558-1605) Elizabeth I 'the Great' (House of Lancaster) [20]
(1605-1638) James I ' the Liberator' (House of Percy) [21]


[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.
[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.
[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.
[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.
[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.
[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.
[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.
[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.
[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.
[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.
[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.
[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.
[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.
[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.
[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.
[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.
[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.
[19] The eldest daughter of Richard III, Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary", because of her fervent Catholicism and her aggressive, ruthless behavior. Mary restored Britain and France to the Catholic Church. Also, because she was the child of Katherine, Queen Regnant of Navarre, she ascended to the throne of that state in 1553, a year before her father died. Mary had tens of thousands of opponents and religious dissidents executed. She raised taxes, limited the poor law system, and used corrupted justice to brutalize her subjects. Eventually, she was overthrown and murdered on November 17, 1558. However, France broke away, anointing a French noblemen as its King. Thus British rule over France ended.
[20] Elizabeth I ascended to the British and Navarian thrones on November 17, 1558, at the age of 23, after deposing and killing her older half-sister, the unpopular Mary I. Unlike Mary, Elizabeth became a popular, respected, and relatively tolerant monarch. She reversed Mary's actions, once again asserting control over the British Church and splitting with the Pope. Elizabeth I confiscated the religious houses and monasteries, whom her father had allowed to remain in existence. She heavily encouraged the arts and sciences, patrons of such greats as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabeth reformed the poor law system, enacting extensive modifications, while also reorganizing the justice system, limiting torture, repealing the Edict of Expulsion of Henry III, and banning most forms of corporal punishment. She also reformed the currency, debasing coinage. In foreign affairs, Elizabeth attempted to regain control over France, but was unsuccessful, although she gained Calais and parts of Normandy as outposts. She was more successful elsewhere. Elizabeth fought a war with Spain in the 1570s, gaining Gibraltar and Minorca as the first major British colonial possessions, also driving them out of Portugal. Elizabeth established alliances with Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the Netherlands. She sponsored expeditions to the New World, which established footholds in Jamaica, Virginia, and New England. Elizabeth also initiated a heavy reform of the laws, establishing a new legal code and codification, which was also applied to Navarre. Her 46-year reign became known as a Elizabethan Golden Age. Elizabeth, however, died without children, although naming her closest surviving relative, James, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her heir. Elizabeth I the Great died on March 24, 1605 at the age of 69, bringing an end to the House of Lancaster. She was the longest-reigning British monarch since Edward II the Great.
[21] James Percy was not expected to inherit the throne, put due to Elizabeth lack of children it came apparent that he would take the throne and so he did on March 24th 1605 and was coroneted a month later. James was a very religious man and when masses of French Huguenots (French Protestants) fled to England from France due to religious persecution, he knew what he wanted to do. On 3rd April 1608 The Empire declared war on France. It was a part of series of religious conflicts that were spreading across the continent. The war went well, a mixture of James martial skill, French King Charles II lack of and the fact that many French had good memories of English because of Henry III poor laws. James was viewed as a Liberator in Northern Protestant France and in 1612 took Paris the last French stronghold in the North to Hero’s welcome. James didn’t move further south as his army was exhausted and the South was largely Catholic. In the same year the Treaty of Tours was signed, which gave the Empire Northern France, most of Frances new world possessions and forced the French to allow Protestants to practices their faith. The only negative of war on England was it failed to link up its French holdings to Navarre. James was hero in the Protestant world and a demon in Catholic one. The rest of James reign was spent building up the Empire into becomes a modern nation. During Henrys reign Parliament was given almost equal power with the king due to King being away fighting, this was beginning of Constitutional Monarchy. During the rest of reign James spent working on building up the colonies and secures his new dynasty. He died on 10th October 1638 on his way to church. His son Henry succeeds him.
 
Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-1554)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France, Kings of Navarre (1554-1558)

(1554-1558) Mary I 'Bloody Mary' (House of Lancaster) [19]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of Navarre (1558-???)

(1558-1605) Elizabeth I 'the Great' (House of Lancaster) [20]
(1605-1638) James I ' the Liberator' (House of Percy) [21]
(1638-1643, deposed) (died in 1649) Henry V 'the Insane' (House of Percy) [22]

[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.

[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.

[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.

[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.

[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.

[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.

[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.

[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.

[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.

[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.

[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.

[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.

[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.

[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.

[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.

[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.

[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.

[19] The eldest daughter of Richard III, Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary", because of her fervent Catholicism and her aggressive, ruthless behavior. Mary restored Britain and France to the Catholic Church. Also, because she was the child of Katherine, Queen Regnant of Navarre, she ascended to the throne of that state in 1553, a year before her father died. Mary had tens of thousands of opponents and religious dissidents executed. She raised taxes, limited the poor law system, and used corrupted justice to brutalize her subjects. Eventually, she was overthrown and murdered on November 17, 1558. However, France broke away, anointing a French noblemen as its King. Thus British rule over France ended.

[20] Elizabeth I ascended to the British and Navarian thrones on November 17, 1558, at the age of 23, after deposing and killing her older half-sister, the unpopular Mary I. Unlike Mary, Elizabeth became a popular, respected, and relatively tolerant monarch. She reversed Mary's actions, once again asserting control over the British Church and splitting with the Pope. Elizabeth I confiscated the religious houses and monasteries, whom her father had allowed to remain in existence. She heavily encouraged the arts and sciences, patrons of such greats as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabeth reformed the poor law system, enacting extensive modifications, while also reorganizing the justice system, limiting torture, repealing the Edict of Expulsion of Henry III, and banning most forms of corporal punishment. She also reformed the currency, debasing coinage. In foreign affairs, Elizabeth attempted to regain control over France, but was unsuccessful, although she gained Calais and parts of Normandy as outposts. She was more successful elsewhere. Elizabeth fought a war with Spain in the 1570s, gaining Gibraltar and Minorca as the first major British colonial possessions, also driving them out of Portugal. Elizabeth established alliances with Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the Netherlands. She sponsored expeditions to the New World, which established footholds in Jamaica, Virginia, and New England. Elizabeth also initiated a heavy reform of the laws, establishing a new legal code and codification, which was also applied to Navarre. Her 46-year reign became known as a Elizabethan Golden Age. Elizabeth, however, died without children, although naming her closest surviving relative, James, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her heir. Elizabeth I the Great died on March 24, 1605 at the age of 69, bringing an end to the House of Lancaster. She was the longest-reigning British monarch since Edward II the Great.

[21] James Percy was not expected to inherit the throne, put due to Elizabeth lack of children it came apparent that he would take the throne and so he did on March 24th 1605 and was coroneted a month later. James was a very religious man and when masses of French Huguenots (French Protestants) fled to England from France due to religious persecution, he knew what he wanted to do. On 3rd April 1608 The Empire declared war on France. It was a part of series of religious conflicts that were spreading across the continent. The war went well, a mixture of James martial skill, French King Charles II lack of and the fact that many French had good memories of English because of Henry III poor laws. James was viewed as a Liberator in Northern Protestant France and in 1612 took Paris the last French stronghold in the North to Hero’s welcome. James didn’t move further south as his army was exhausted and the South was largely Catholic. In the same year the Treaty of Tours was signed, which gave the Empire Northern France, most of Frances new world possessions and forced the French to allow Protestants to practices their faith. The only negative of war on England was it failed to link up its French holdings to Navarre. James was hero in the Protestant world and a demon in Catholic one. The rest of James reign was spent building up the Empire into becomes a modern nation. During Henrys reign Parliament was given almost equal power with the king due to King being away fighting, this was beginning of Constitutional Monarchy. During the rest of reign James spent working on building up the colonies and secures his new dynasty. He died on 10th October 1638 on his way to church. His son Henry succeeds him.

[22] Henry V was first nicknamed 'The Pious', as he continued the policy of his father to host and protect the "Royal Church" (official name of Anglican and Gallican churches). However, he soon showed signs of a deep insanity by ferocly repress the Catholics and the Puritans of England in a bloody way that disgusted even his supporters. When he ordered to hang all the Parliment, he was deposed and send in a residence near Carlisle where he died in debated circumstenses some years after, unconscious of the civil war that ravaged his kingdom during the Interregnum.
 
Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-1554)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France, Kings of Navarre (1554-1558)

(1554-1558) Mary I 'Bloody Mary' (House of Lancaster) [19]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of Navarre (1558-???)

(1558-1605) Elizabeth I 'the Great' (House of Lancaster) [20]
(1605-1638) James I ' the Liberator' (House of Percy) [21]
(1638-1643, deposed) (died in 1649) Henry V 'the Insane' (House of Percy) [22]
(1643-1676) King Edmund I 'the Magnicent' (House of Percy) [23]
[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.

[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.

[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.

[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.

[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.

[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.

[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.

[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.

[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.

[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.

[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.

[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.

[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.

[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.

[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.

[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.

[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.

[19] The eldest daughter of Richard III, Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary", because of her fervent Catholicism and her aggressive, ruthless behavior. Mary restored Britain and France to the Catholic Church. Also, because she was the child of Katherine, Queen Regnant of Navarre, she ascended to the throne of that state in 1553, a year before her father died. Mary had tens of thousands of opponents and religious dissidents executed. She raised taxes, limited the poor law system, and used corrupted justice to brutalize her subjects. Eventually, she was overthrown and murdered on November 17, 1558. However, France broke away, anointing a French noblemen as its King. Thus British rule over France ended.

[20] Elizabeth I ascended to the British and Navarian thrones on November 17, 1558, at the age of 23, after deposing and killing her older half-sister, the unpopular Mary I. Unlike Mary, Elizabeth became a popular, respected, and relatively tolerant monarch. She reversed Mary's actions, once again asserting control over the British Church and splitting with the Pope. Elizabeth I confiscated the religious houses and monasteries, whom her father had allowed to remain in existence. She heavily encouraged the arts and sciences, patrons of such greats as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabeth reformed the poor law system, enacting extensive modifications, while also reorganizing the justice system, limiting torture, repealing the Edict of Expulsion of Henry III, and banning most forms of corporal punishment. She also reformed the currency, debasing coinage. In foreign affairs, Elizabeth attempted to regain control over France, but was unsuccessful, although she gained Calais and parts of Normandy as outposts. She was more successful elsewhere. Elizabeth fought a war with Spain in the 1570s, gaining Gibraltar and Minorca as the first major British colonial possessions, also driving them out of Portugal. Elizabeth established alliances with Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the Netherlands. She sponsored expeditions to the New World, which established footholds in Jamaica, Virginia, and New England. Elizabeth also initiated a heavy reform of the laws, establishing a new legal code and codification, which was also applied to Navarre. Her 46-year reign became known as a Elizabethan Golden Age. Elizabeth, however, died without children, although naming her closest surviving relative, James, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her heir. Elizabeth I the Great died on March 24, 1605 at the age of 69, bringing an end to the House of Lancaster. She was the longest-reigning British monarch since Edward II the Great.

[21] James Percy was not expected to inherit the throne, put due to Elizabeth lack of children it came apparent that he would take the throne and so he did on March 24th 1605 and was coroneted a month later. James was a very religious man and when masses of French Huguenots (French Protestants) fled to England from France due to religious persecution, he knew what he wanted to do. On 3rd April 1608 The Empire declared war on France. It was a part of series of religious conflicts that were spreading across the continent. The war went well, a mixture of James martial skill, French King Charles II lack of and the fact that many French had good memories of English because of Henry III poor laws. James was viewed as a Liberator in Northern Protestant France and in 1612 took Paris the last French stronghold in the North to Hero’s welcome. James didn’t move further south as his army was exhausted and the South was largely Catholic. In the same year the Treaty of Tours was signed, which gave the Empire Northern France, most of Frances new world possessions and forced the French to allow Protestants to practices their faith. The only negative of war on England was it failed to link up its French holdings to Navarre. James was hero in the Protestant world and a demon in Catholic one. The rest of James reign was spent building up the Empire into becomes a modern nation. During Henrys reign Parliament was given almost equal power with the king due to King being away fighting, this was beginning of Constitutional Monarchy. During the rest of reign James spent working on building up the colonies and secures his new dynasty. He died on 10th October 1638 on his way to church. His son Henry succeeds him.

[22] Henry V was first nicknamed 'The Pious', as he continued the policy of his father to host and protect the "Royal Church" (official name of Anglican and Gallican churches). However, he soon showed signs of a deep insanity by ferocly repress the Catholics and the Puritans of England in a bloody way that disgusted even his supporters. When he ordered to hang all the Parliment, he was deposed and send in a residence near Carlisle where he died in debated circumstenses some years after, unconscious of the civil war that ravaged his kingdom during the Interregnum.
[23] Edmund was a cousin of King Henry V. He had no realistic chance of inheriting the throne so when the civil war broke in 1643; he backed and fought for the Parliamentarians not the Royalists. When the civil war ended in 1646 with a Parliamentary victory, he was reward for his loyal service to Parliament with the throne. He was crowned on 5th November 1645, but officially his reign began after Henry V dispossession. The First action of King and parliament was to draw up a new constitution, it stated that all monarchs had to be approved by Parliament and that they could be removed if " He or she was the failing the nation". The new constitution outlined that all colonies must be represented in Parliament; this would lead to the full integration of colonies into the empire. This meant that provinces such as Gibraltar and Minorca were represented but must importantly new world colonies, such as New Newcastle (OTL New York) and Hexham (OTL Boston). Edmund used his experienced forces to do what his uncle had failed to do and unite the Empires processions in France. In 1650 Empire to declared war and by 1653 France was overrun and its sole colony, Quebec captured. The French Queen Claire was forced to hand over Aqantaine, Burgudny and Quebec. France was left with a rump around Lyon and the Empire controlled more of France than the Kingdom of France. Edmund was a great empire builder, forever integrating the colonies into Parliament and the Empire. This was a sign of how much he valued Parliament, the institution that had given him the throne. He was the first English king to leave Europe; in 1661 he left London and did a tour of Empires poccessions. He did not return till 1665. He visited North America where he went from New Orleans to Quebec and as far as the great lakes. He visited the Caribbean, including Cuba and Haiti. His Final stop was the Cape of Good Hope. Near the End of his reign, his eye fell on India and by end of his reign the empire controlled several trade posts and island of Ceylon. Edmund is seen as one of Greatest Kings of England, his use of Parliament is credited with keeping the Empire together and making it more efficient. He turned a fractured kingdom into a mighty empire that was a force in four continents. His capable son Edward inherited the throne on his death.
 
Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-1554)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France, Kings of Navarre (1554-1558)

(1554-1558) Mary I 'Bloody Mary' (House of Lancaster) [19]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of Navarre (1558-1689)

(1558-1605) Elizabeth I 'the Great' (House of Lancaster) [20]
(1605-1638) James I ' the Liberator' (House of Percy) [21]
(1638-1643, deposed) (died in 1649) Henry V 'the Insane' (House of Percy) [22]
(1643-1676) King Edmund I 'the Magnicent' (House of Percy) [23]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland and North America, Kings of Navarre, Lord of Florida. (1689 -1692)

(1676 - 1692) Edward III (I of Columbia) 'The Capable' (House of Percy) [23]

[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.

[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.

[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.

[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.

[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.

[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.

[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.

[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.

[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.

[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.

[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.

[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.

[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.

[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.

[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.

[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.

[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.

[19] The eldest daughter of Richard III, Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary", because of her fervent Catholicism and her aggressive, ruthless behavior. Mary restored Britain and France to the Catholic Church. Also, because she was the child of Katherine, Queen Regnant of Navarre, she ascended to the throne of that state in 1553, a year before her father died. Mary had tens of thousands of opponents and religious dissidents executed. She raised taxes, limited the poor law system, and used corrupted justice to brutalize her subjects. Eventually, she was overthrown and murdered on November 17, 1558. However, France broke away, anointing a French noblemen as its King. Thus British rule over France ended.

[20] Elizabeth I ascended to the British and Navarian thrones on November 17, 1558, at the age of 23, after deposing and killing her older half-sister, the unpopular Mary I. Unlike Mary, Elizabeth became a popular, respected, and relatively tolerant monarch. She reversed Mary's actions, once again asserting control over the British Church and splitting with the Pope. Elizabeth I confiscated the religious houses and monasteries, whom her father had allowed to remain in existence. She heavily encouraged the arts and sciences, patrons of such greats as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabeth reformed the poor law system, enacting extensive modifications, while also reorganizing the justice system, limiting torture, repealing the Edict of Expulsion of Henry III, and banning most forms of corporal punishment. She also reformed the currency, debasing coinage. In foreign affairs, Elizabeth attempted to regain control over France, but was unsuccessful, although she gained Calais and parts of Normandy as outposts. She was more successful elsewhere. Elizabeth fought a war with Spain in the 1570s, gaining Gibraltar and Minorca as the first major British colonial possessions, also driving them out of Portugal. Elizabeth established alliances with Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the Netherlands. She sponsored expeditions to the New World, which established footholds in Jamaica, Virginia, and New England. Elizabeth also initiated a heavy reform of the laws, establishing a new legal code and codification, which was also applied to Navarre. Her 46-year reign became known as a Elizabethan Golden Age. Elizabeth, however, died without children, although naming her closest surviving relative, James, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her heir. Elizabeth I the Great died on March 24, 1605 at the age of 69, bringing an end to the House of Lancaster. She was the longest-reigning British monarch since Edward II the Great.

[21] James Percy was not expected to inherit the throne, put due to Elizabeth lack of children it came apparent that he would take the throne and so he did on March 24th 1605 and was coroneted a month later. James was a very religious man and when masses of French Huguenots (French Protestants) fled to England from France due to religious persecution, he knew what he wanted to do. On 3rd April 1608 The Empire declared war on France. It was a part of series of religious conflicts that were spreading across the continent. The war went well, a mixture of James martial skill, French King Charles II lack of and the fact that many French had good memories of English because of Henry III poor laws. James was viewed as a Liberator in Northern Protestant France and in 1612 took Paris the last French stronghold in the North to Hero’s welcome. James didn’t move further south as his army was exhausted and the South was largely Catholic. In the same year the Treaty of Tours was signed, which gave the Empire Northern France, most of Frances new world possessions and forced the French to allow Protestants to practices their faith. The only negative of war on England was it failed to link up its French holdings to Navarre. James was hero in the Protestant world and a demon in Catholic one. The rest of James reign was spent building up the Empire into becomes a modern nation. During Henrys reign Parliament was given almost equal power with the king due to King being away fighting, this was beginning of Constitutional Monarchy. During the rest of reign James spent working on building up the colonies and secures his new dynasty. He died on 10th October 1638 on his way to church. His son Henry succeeds him.

[22] Henry V was first nicknamed 'The Pious', as he continued the policy of his father to host and protect the "Royal Church" (official name of Anglican and Gallican churches). However, he soon showed signs of a deep insanity by ferocly repress the Catholics and the Puritans of England in a bloody way that disgusted even his supporters. When he ordered to hang all the Parliment, he was deposed and send in a residence near Carlisle where he died in debated circumstenses some years after, unconscious of the civil war that ravaged his kingdom during the Interregnum.

[23] Edmund was a cousin of King Henry V. He had no realistic chance of inheriting the throne so when the civil war broke in 1643; he backed and fought for the Parliamentarians not the Royalists. When the civil war ended in 1646 with a Parliamentary victory, he was reward for his loyal service to Parliament with the throne. He was crowned on 5th November 1645, but officially his reign began after Henry V dispossession. The First action of King and parliament was to draw up a new constitution, it stated that all monarchs had to be approved by Parliament and that they could be removed if " He or she was the failing the nation". The new constitution outlined that all colonies must be represented in Parliament; this would lead to the full integration of colonies into the empire. This meant that provinces such as Gibraltar and Minorca were represented but must importantly new world colonies, such as New Newcastle (OTL New York) and Hexham (OTL Boston). Edmund used his experienced forces to do what his uncle had failed to do and unite the Empires processions in France. In 1650 Empire to declared war and by 1653 France was overrun and its sole colony, Quebec captured. The French Queen Claire was forced to hand over Aqantaine, Burgudny and Quebec. France was left with a rump around Lyon and the Empire controlled more of France than the Kingdom of France. Edmund was a great empire builder, forever integrating the colonies into Parliament and the Empire. This was a sign of how much he valued Parliament, the institution that had given him the throne. He was the first English king to leave Europe; in 1661 he left London and did a tour of Empires poccessions. He did not return till 1665. He visited North America where he went from New Orleans to Quebec and as far as the great lakes. He visited the Caribbean, including Cuba and Haiti. His Final stop was the Cape of Good Hope. Near the End of his reign, his eye fell on India and by end of his reign the empire controlled several trade posts and island of Ceylon. Edmund is seen as one of Greatest Kings of England, his use of Parliament is credited with keeping the Empire together and making it more efficient. He turned a fractured kingdom into a mighty empire that was a force in four continents. His capable son Edward inherited the throne on his death.

[23] Edward III inherited of a great transcontinental empire. The British Parliment, and especially the european members, feared nowithstanding the rise of the colonies's influence in the state.
The rebellion of Florida gave the occasion to make a impressive precedent by withdraw the chart of a colony.
Edward give new rules, more feudal, to the region known as Lordship of Florida. But its direct rule was more respectful of the inhbaitants than the Parliment, and Florida was one of the few region that didn't joined the Columbian rebellion after his death.

Less encline to govern under Parliment's rule, he makes himself the champion of old values and of the poor's interest, threatened by the merchant and pre-industrial classes. His reign is still well remembered in Great-Britain, and if the Columbian rebellion caused a fracture between the two anglo-saxons world, it is less due to the king than to the Parliment that acted in his name.

After a surprinsingly short reign, due to his fragile constitution, his young son Richard of 14 years old (the elder, Perceval died 4 years earlier) rose on the throne. Soon, because of Parliment's severe rule and Edward's brother Lawrence's popularity in Columbia (after the victory of Mount Leroy against the Indians), the western continent would give himself a new ruler.
 
Kings of England (1066-1260, Lords of Ireland from 1165, Overlords of Scotland from 1158, Dukes of Aquitaine, Normandy, and Anjou from 1175)

(1066-1089) Harold I 'the Victorious' (House of Godwin) [1]
(1089-1102) Edgar I 'the Efficient' (House of Godwin) [2]
(1102-1123) Harold II 'the Peacemaker' (House of Godwin) [3]
(1123-1145) Edward I 'the Hammer' (House of Godwin) [4]
(1145-1169) Edmund I 'the Glorious' (House of Godwin) [5]
(1169-1175) Arthur I 'the Unprepared' (House of Godwin) [6]
(1175-1200) Henry I 'the Conqueror' (House of Plantagenet) [7]
(1200-1238) Richard I 'the Lionheart' (House of Plantagenet) [8]
(1238-1260) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
-became King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Normandy-Anjou in 1260

Kings of Great Britain, Kings of Ireland, and Kings of Normandy-Anjou (1260-1345)

(1261-1272) William I 'Fiery Eyes' (House of Plantagenet) [9]
(1272-1280) William II 'the Unworthy' (House of Plantagenet) [10]
(1280-1306) John I 'the Glorious' (House of Plantagenet) [11]
(1306-1327) Henry II 'the Disastrous' (House of Plantagenet) [12]
(1327-1345) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
-became Emperor of Britain and King of France in 1345

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France (1345-1554)

(1345-1377) Edward II 'the Great' (House of Plantagenet) [13]
(1377-1413) Richard II 'the Ruthless' (House of Plantagenet) [14]
(1413-1435) Henry III 'Longshanks' (House of Lancaster) [15]
(1435-1472) Henry IV 'the Beloved' (House of Lancaster) [16]
(1472-1512) John II 'the Dedicated' (House of Lancaster) [17]
(1512-1554) Richard III 'the Man of Lust' (House of Lancaster) [18]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of France, Kings of Navarre (1554-1558)

(1554-1558) Mary I 'Bloody Mary' (House of Lancaster) [19]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland, Kings of Navarre (1558-1689)

(1558-1605) Elizabeth I 'the Great' (House of Lancaster) [20]
(1605-1638) James I ' the Liberator' (House of Percy) [21]
(1638-1643, deposed) (died in 1649) Henry V 'the Insane' (House of Percy) [22]
(1643-1676) King Edmund I 'the Magnicent' (House of Percy) [23]

Emperors of Great Britain and Ireland and North America, Kings of Navarre, Lord of Florida. (1689 -1692)

(1676 - 1692) Edward III (I of Columbia) 'The Capable' (House of Percy) [23]
Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland and Kings of Navarre(1692 -1698)
(1692-1698) Richard IV 'the Ill' (House of Percy)[24]
[1] Defeated William "the Conqueror" at the Battle of Hastings and consolidated his control over England. King Harold I maintained internal peace and stability, being responsible for the organization of England's first standing army, in order to make sure another invasion never happened again.

[2] Harold I died when he fell off his horse on June 2, 1089, and was succeeded by his only son Edgar. Edgar became known as "the Efficient", because he was a great administrator. Edgar ordered a census of all properties in England, issued a code of laws, and solidified the border with Scotland. Edgar also sponsored the construction of a merchant fleet, and he married his daughter to the youngest son of the Duke of Brittany. Edgar died while successfully repelling a second Norman invasion in 1102.

[3] Oldest son of Edgar. Forced the Normans to sign a peace treaty that lasted for 54 years. Died of plague.

[4] The only son of Harold II, Edward I became known as "the Hammer", for his military exploits and conquests. Edward launched an invasion of Wales, subjugating Gwenyedd, Dwyfrd, and many of the other Welsh principalities. He thus began a process that would be finished by his successors. Edward also waged war against Scotland, conquering the Lowlands up to the Firth of Forth. Edward established a permanent peace treaty with the Normans. He died while successfully repressing a rebellion in York.

[5] The second son of Edward I (his first, Alfred, having died before his father in 1140), Edmund I became known as "the Glorious", for his extensive military campaigns in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland. Edmund I conquered the remainder of Wales, defeating the remaining native Welsh princes, incorporating all of Wales into England and extending the English legal system into those regions. He waged war against Scotland, forcing the King of Scots, Malcolm V, to acknowledge him as overlord. He also began the English conquest of Ireland, securing control of Dublin and proclaiming himself Lord of Ireland in 1165.

[6] Oldest son of Edmund, he died after an invasion from France subjugated his country and destroyed London after he did nothing about it to prepare for the invasion.

[7] Conquered England after defeating Arthur the Unprepared and became King, establishing the House of Plantagenet and destroying the House of Godwin. He thus accomplished what the earlier Normans had failed to do. Paid more attention to his French dominions, but maintained overlordship over Scotland and conquered much of southern Ireland.

[8] The third son of Henry I the Conqueror, Richard I became known as "Lionheart" for his prowess and skill in battle. He conquered the remainder of Ireland and also advanced farther north into Scotland, annexing Edinburgh and the lower part of the Highlands. He also campaigned in France, annexing Calais, and gaining independence over his French dominions from the weak King of France.

[9] Known as the "Fiery Eyes", this King crushed rebellions in Ireland and Wales, reformed the royal administration, and significantly curbed the influence of the nobility. He directly annexed the remainder of Scotland, proclaiming himself King of Great Britain on May 1, 1260. He also made himself King of Ireland on that same date and King of Normandy-Anjou.

[10] History has derided William as William the Unworthy. William lived his entire life in the shadow of his father, but when he would take the throne for himself he could never live up to the legend of his father. William's reign would plagued by corruption, rebellion and conflict. William's reign and life ended in a plot involving his brothers and the nobles of the land.

[11] The younger brother of William II, John ascended the throne upon William's murder. He was a much more successful ruler then his older brother, being primarily concerned with royal administration and finances, the military, and the nobility. John I reformed the taxation system, introducing new taxes on cloths, converting feudal services into money payments, and establishing a system of royal collectors throughout Britain. He improved the finances of the royal household and made sure his accounts were properly organized. John expanded the Royal Exchequer, granting it taxation authority over the nobility. John expanded the standing army, constructed naval dockyards at Portsmouth and at Calais, and compelled his nobles to provide soldiers for permanent service. John limited the nobility's power by establishing new procedures of land inheritance and compelling them to reduce their private armies. In Ireland, John created a system of boroughs, while on the mainland, he reorganized the duchies and count-ships of Normandy-Anjou (over half of OTL France) into proper counties and provinces. John died on a hunt in northern England.
[12] John was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, who proved to be an incompetent and inefficient ruler. Like the reign of William II, Henry's reign was dominated by rebellion, heavy taxation, and government corruption. Henry managed to quash dissent, but did so in an overly harsh and oppressive way. He was known for his emotional outbursts and constantly bullied his courtiers. Henry was deposed from the throne on June 28, 1327.

[13] Edward II ascended the throne on June 28, 1327 at the age of 18 when his father Henry II was deposed from the throne. The deposition had been carried out by Edward's mother, Queen Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer. For the first three years of his reign, Isabella and Mortimer had a major influence on the King and were in control of the government. In May 1330, Edward overthrew these restrictions, banishing his mother to a monastery and executing Mortimer. From then on, he reigned with absolute authority. Edward, who ruled for 50 years, caused many changes in the British Isles and in his French dominions. In 1337, he declared war against the King of France, Philip VI, whose dominions now only extended to Paris and other north-eastern parts of OTL France. Edward captured Paris and forced Philip to become a vassal. In 1344, he launched a final campaign, capturing Philip near Orleans and executing him. On August 1, 1345, in the presence of various noblemen, government officials, church clerics and bishops, and an army of 15,000 men, Edward proclaimed himself Emperor of Great Britain and Ireland. He also made himself King of France, applied to all of his mainland dominions, thus superseding the previous title King of Normandy-Anjou. His first proclamation unified the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Lordship of Ireland. The second assured that he was formal successor to the previous French Kings of France. Edward's titles were confirmed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who also awarded him the honorific "the Great", the first British monarch to bear such a title since Alfred the Great in the ninth century. For the remainder of his reign, Edward was a peaceful ruler. He encouraged the arts and sciences, issued the Codification of British Laws that replaced Edgar I's Code of 1092, and also passed statues concerning treason, labor services, and land ownership. Edward established the Order of the Garder and granted noblemen certain honorary privileges, relaxing restrictions laid on them by his predecessors. In France, Edward built a new fortress in Paris, began construction on a hunting lodge at Versailles, and reorganized the entire country into generalities. This was distinct from the system of parishes and boroughs that existed in the Empire of Britain and Ireland, as the name of the official British state was.

[14] Richard II succeeded his grandfather to the British and French thrones on August 18, 1377. Richard faced severe rebellions in London, Dublin, and in Paris. The London Rebellion became known as the Peasants' Revolt. Richard brutally crushed all three of these rebellions, ordering the execution of tens of thousands of rebels, devastating rebel regions, and imposing stiff penalties on the population. This was how he earned his title. He came to be despised by the peasants for his action, but at the same time feared by them. Richard was actually a fair ruler, promoting fair justice and overhauling the taxation system. He also began re-imposing restrictions on the nobility, banning them from holding too much property and restricting tournaments. Many noblemen are angered, but are too powerless to do anything about it. Richard never marries, however, and he dies childless, bringing an end to the rule of the House of Plantagenet.

[15] Because Richard II died childless, he was succeeded by his closest surviving relative, Henry, Earl of Lancaster. Known as "Longshanks" due to his unusually great height for that time (6 feet, 4 inches), Henry III was a much more peaceful and less aggressive ruler then Richard II. Largely content with internal affairs, Henry III passed a formal law of succession to the throne, establishing the radical principle of equal primogeniture, commissioned a second great census of all properties and estates in England, and passed a statue that en closured common lands. This last act drove many peasants into the towns, and was one of his less popular measures. It indirectly encouraged economic growth, however. Henry III also issued the Edict of Expulsion, which expelled all Jews from both Britain and France. 45,000 Jews were forced to leave all their possessions behind and flee to other nations. This edict will remain in effect for another 100 years. Unlike Richard, Henry had many children, with five sons and three daughters.

[16] Known as "the Beloved" to his subjects, Henry IV was the second son of Henry III (whose first son, Charles, died in 1429). Henry IV was a kind and compassionate ruler, with a great interest in the welfare of his subjects. During his 37-year rule, Britain's first system for the poor was established, in a series of Poor Law Decrees issued by the King in 1439, 1445, and 1460. The poor law system provided some financial relief and care to the disabled poor and work to able poor, while punishing the "idle" poor and vagabonds. The system would maintain a series of almshouses and a network of Poor Overseers. The system would, with some modifications, remain in effect for decades to come. Henry IV was also a very religious ruler, donating large sums of money and land to the Church, filling his advisory council with religious clerics, and closely adhering to Church doctrine. He is considered to be the most pious of all British monarchs. In France, Henry IV passed legislation that gave protection from corporal punishment and forced separation to serfs. In both Britain and France, Henry encouraged the arts and sciences.

[17]John II succeeded his father on the 6th May 1472. His reign saw the gradual “Anglicisation” of the Empire in areas such as Ireland and France. This was done with a mixture of force and bribery, targeting firstly the local indigenous rulers as it was felt that if they adopted these customs it would filter down to the peasantry. Henry tactics worked and by the end of his reign much of the kingdom had become anglicised, yet most still kept elements of their local culture. He was nicknamed the Grandfather of Europe due to the fact that his six children (3 sons and 3 daughters) each married into European Royal dynasties, his eldest son and heir Richard married Katherine of Navarre, the only child of King John of Navarre. This union would ultimately lead to Empire inheriting the Kingdom. John II was his father son and carried on his legacy, he invested huge amounts in the Arts, Buildings and Infrastructure in the Empire. He died on 18th June 1512 while on campaign successfully suppressing a revolt in Flanders and he was posthumously given the title ‘The Dedicated’ due to his undying belief in keeping the Empire together and his wish to continue his fathers legacy.

[18] Richard III succeeded his father John II on June 18, 1512. At first, it seemed he would be a successful ruler. His wife, Katherine of Navarre, was an educated and beautiful woman. Richard was handsome and energetic. The first 15 years of his reign were stable. However, his wife gave birth to only one child who survived into adulthood, Mary, born in 1526. Richard then became displeased with his wife and tried to divorce her, but this was not allowed by the Pope. In order to get what he wanted, Richard issued decrees that ended Britain and France's links to the Catholic Church and proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Churches of Britain and France. He married five more times: his second wife, Anne of York, gave birth to a second daughter, Elizabeth in 1535; his third, Jane Seymour, a third daughter named Anne. Richard was displeased. In 1552, Anne died from tuberculosis. Richard was forced to acknowledge Mary as his heir, and he died two years later on May 19, 1554.

[19] The eldest daughter of Richard III, Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary", because of her fervent Catholicism and her aggressive, ruthless behavior. Mary restored Britain and France to the Catholic Church. Also, because she was the child of Katherine, Queen Regnant of Navarre, she ascended to the throne of that state in 1553, a year before her father died. Mary had tens of thousands of opponents and religious dissidents executed. She raised taxes, limited the poor law system, and used corrupted justice to brutalize her subjects. Eventually, she was overthrown and murdered on November 17, 1558. However, France broke away, anointing a French noblemen as its King. Thus British rule over France ended.

[20] Elizabeth I ascended to the British and Navarian thrones on November 17, 1558, at the age of 23, after deposing and killing her older half-sister, the unpopular Mary I. Unlike Mary, Elizabeth became a popular, respected, and relatively tolerant monarch. She reversed Mary's actions, once again asserting control over the British Church and splitting with the Pope. Elizabeth I confiscated the religious houses and monasteries, whom her father had allowed to remain in existence. She heavily encouraged the arts and sciences, patrons of such greats as William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Elizabeth reformed the poor law system, enacting extensive modifications, while also reorganizing the justice system, limiting torture, repealing the Edict of Expulsion of Henry III, and banning most forms of corporal punishment. She also reformed the currency, debasing coinage. In foreign affairs, Elizabeth attempted to regain control over France, but was unsuccessful, although she gained Calais and parts of Normandy as outposts. She was more successful elsewhere. Elizabeth fought a war with Spain in the 1570s, gaining Gibraltar and Minorca as the first major British colonial possessions, also driving them out of Portugal. Elizabeth established alliances with Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and the Netherlands. She sponsored expeditions to the New World, which established footholds in Jamaica, Virginia, and New England. Elizabeth also initiated a heavy reform of the laws, establishing a new legal code and codification, which was also applied to Navarre. Her 46-year reign became known as a Elizabethan Golden Age. Elizabeth, however, died without children, although naming her closest surviving relative, James, the Duke of Edinburgh, as her heir. Elizabeth I the Great died on March 24, 1605 at the age of 69, bringing an end to the House of Lancaster. She was the longest-reigning British monarch since Edward II the Great.

[21] James Percy was not expected to inherit the throne, put due to Elizabeth lack of children it came apparent that he would take the throne and so he did on March 24th 1605 and was coroneted a month later. James was a very religious man and when masses of French Huguenots (French Protestants) fled to England from France due to religious persecution, he knew what he wanted to do. On 3rd April 1608 The Empire declared war on France. It was a part of series of religious conflicts that were spreading across the continent. The war went well, a mixture of James martial skill, French King Charles II lack of and the fact that many French had good memories of English because of Henry III poor laws. James was viewed as a Liberator in Northern Protestant France and in 1612 took Paris the last French stronghold in the North to Hero’s welcome. James didn’t move further south as his army was exhausted and the South was largely Catholic. In the same year the Treaty of Tours was signed, which gave the Empire Northern France, most of Frances new world possessions and forced the French to allow Protestants to practices their faith. The only negative of war on England was it failed to link up its French holdings to Navarre. James was hero in the Protestant world and a demon in Catholic one. The rest of James reign was spent building up the Empire into becomes a modern nation. During Henrys reign Parliament was given almost equal power with the king due to King being away fighting, this was beginning of Constitutional Monarchy. During the rest of reign James spent working on building up the colonies and secures his new dynasty. He died on 10th October 1638 on his way to church. His son Henry succeeds him.

[22] Henry V was first nicknamed 'The Pious', as he continued the policy of his father to host and protect the "Royal Church" (official name of Anglican and Gallican churches). However, he soon showed signs of a deep insanity by ferocly repress the Catholics and the Puritans of England in a bloody way that disgusted even his supporters. When he ordered to hang all the Parliment, he was deposed and send in a residence near Carlisle where he died in debated circumstenses some years after, unconscious of the civil war that ravaged his kingdom during the Interregnum.

[23] Edmund was a cousin of King Henry V. He had no realistic chance of inheriting the throne so when the civil war broke in 1643; he backed and fought for the Parliamentarians not the Royalists. When the civil war ended in 1646 with a Parliamentary victory, he was reward for his loyal service to Parliament with the throne. He was crowned on 5th November 1645, but officially his reign began after Henry V dispossession. The First action of King and parliament was to draw up a new constitution, it stated that all monarchs had to be approved by Parliament and that they could be removed if " He or she was the failing the nation". The new constitution outlined that all colonies must be represented in Parliament; this would lead to the full integration of colonies into the empire. This meant that provinces such as Gibraltar and Minorca were represented but must importantly new world colonies, such as New Newcastle (OTL New York) and Hexham (OTL Boston). Edmund used his experienced forces to do what his uncle had failed to do and unite the Empires processions in France. In 1650 Empire to declared war and by 1653 France was overrun and its sole colony, Quebec captured. The French Queen Claire was forced to hand over Aqantaine, Burgudny and Quebec. France was left with a rump around Lyon and the Empire controlled more of France than the Kingdom of France. Edmund was a great empire builder, forever integrating the colonies into Parliament and the Empire. This was a sign of how much he valued Parliament, the institution that had given him the throne. He was the first English king to leave Europe; in 1661 he left London and did a tour of Empires poccessions. He did not return till 1665. He visited North America where he went from New Orleans to Quebec and as far as the great lakes. He visited the Caribbean, including Cuba and Haiti. His Final stop was the Cape of Good Hope. Near the End of his reign, his eye fell on India and by end of his reign the empire controlled several trade posts and island of Ceylon. Edmund is seen as one of Greatest Kings of England, his use of Parliament is credited with keeping the Empire together and making it more efficient. He turned a fractured kingdom into a mighty empire that was a force in four continents. His capable son Edward inherited the throne on his death.

[23] Edward III inherited of a great transcontinental empire. The British Parliment, and especially the european members, feared nowithstanding the rise of the colonies's influence in the state.
The rebellion of Florida gave the occasion to make a impressive precedent by withdraw the chart of a colony.
Edward give new rules, more feudal, to the region known as Lordship of Florida. But its direct rule was more respectful of the inhbaitants than the Parliment, and Florida was one of the few region that didn't joined the Columbian rebellion after his death.

Less encline to govern under Parliment's rule, he makes himself the champion of old values and of the poor's interest, threatened by the merchant and pre-industrial classes. His reign is still well remembered in Great-Britain, and if the Columbian rebellion caused a fracture between the two anglo-saxons world, it is less due to the king than to the Parliment that acted in his name.

After a surprinsingly short reign, due to his fragile constitution, his young son Richard of 14 years old (the elder, Perceval died 4 years earlier) rose on the throne. Soon, because of Parliment's severe rule and Edward's brother Lawrence's popularity in Columbia (after the victory of Mount Leroy against the Indians), the western continent would give himself a new ruler.
[24] Richard IV was never destined to be a great king. Half his empire was siezed by his uncle after the death of his father and he had inheirted his father weak constitution. His reign was short and dull, only thing of note was the fact that the Empire manged to capture and annex Bombay and several smaller towns in India, In a war between the British Empire and Martha Empire. Richard never married, his bride to be Helga of Denmark died while crossing the North Sea. The news of her death shocked the King so much that he collapsed and died. His heir was his uncle and Emperor of North America and Lord of Florida , Lawrence. This once again reunited the Empire under the leadership of the popular King Lawrence and his equally popular Parliament ( Having learnt their mistakes in being too heavy handed)
 
I am creating a new list of monarchs now, the previous list having gone ahead of me:

Dimitry Donksoy successfully overthrows Tartar overlordship

Grand Princes of Muscovy

(1359-1389) Dimitry I 'Donksoy' (House of Rurik) [1]

[1] Known as the "Donksoy" because of his great victory over the Tartars at the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380. As a result of this victory, Muscovy overthrew the Tartar overlordship. Two years later, the Grand Prince defeated the Tatars again when they attempted to reimpose their overlordship. He established formal relations with other European states, recruited Western Europeans into his state, and adopted European customs at his court. Donksoy became known as a great patron of the church.

 
In fact, I do not like that list which I tried to create, so instead there will be another English monarchs list:

Edmund Ironside defeats Cnut the Great

Kings of the English (1016-???)

(1016-1032) Edmund II 'Ironside' (House of Wessex) [1]

[1] Known as the "Ironside" for his imposing height and great strength, he defeated the Danish prince Cnut in his unsuccessful invasion of England in 1016. Edmund II established a firm peace treaty with the Danes and forced their final acknowledgment of the existence of the kingdom of England. He maintained internal prosperity, moved the capital from Winchester to London, and constructed a series of fortifications on the eastern coast of England. Edmund died in a hunt.
 
Edmund Ironside defeats Cnut the Great

Kings of the English (1016-???)

(1016-1032) Edmund II 'Ironside' (House of Wessex) [1]
(1032-1066) Edward I 'the Confessor' (House of Wessex) [2]

[1] Known as the "Ironside" for his imposing height and great strength, he defeated the Danish prince Cnut in his unsuccessful invasion of England in 1016. Edmund II established a firm peace treaty with the Danes and forced their final acknowledgment of the existence of the kingdom of England. He maintained internal prosperity, moved the capital from Winchester to London, and constructed a series of fortifications on the eastern coast of England. Edmund died in a hunt.
[2] Eldest son of Edmund II, Edward I continued his father's policies. He reorganized the kingdom into boroughs, each one with a sheriff directly subordinate to his authority. Edward I gradually eliminated the Witenagenot, replacing it with the Privy Council, a body of advisors and secretaries to the king. Edward I constructed fortifications on the southern coast, built a small fleet of boats and ships to serve as a naval battalion, and reorganized the levies system, increasing the supply of soldiers into his army. Edward I also was the first to incorporate the words "by the Grace of God" into his title.




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